(19)
(11) EP 2 106 124 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/40

(21) Application number: 09004132.8

(22) Date of filing: 23.03.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 5/232(2006.01)
A61B 1/04(2006.01)
 H04N 5/77(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 25.03.2008 JP 2008078829

(71) Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Usami, Hiroyuki
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(74) Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) Image pickup system and method for maintaining the same


(57) An endoscope system 1, including: an endoscope 2 for picking up an image of a subject 10 and outputting an image pickup signal of the image; an external processor 3 having a post-signal processing circuit 30 which processes the image pickup signal inputted from the endoscope 2 and generates a video signal that can be outputted to a monitor 4; and an output detecting circuit 31 for detecting the presence or absence of an output of the image pickup signal and the presence or absence of an output of the video signal.







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